We are ecstatic to present to you the first two singles from Art’s upcoming full length album which will be released officially by (weewerk) on September 29th.

Listen to the first two singles from Art’s upcoming full length album ShadowWalk which will be released by (weewerk) on September 29th.

https://weewerk.bandcamp.com/album/a-hymn-for-us-raw-naked-monday-by-art-bergmann https://open.spotify.com/album/5vvBjQdNGzf7r5ZTDeiu0b https://www.deezer.com/album/459721785

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2023

TORONTO ON – Member of the Order of Canada, Juno Award winner, two-time Polaris Music Prize long listed artist… Art Bergmann has been honoured by his home country in a multitude of ways. But behind the accolades is still a man coping with the unforgiving realities of life as he enters his seventies.

ShadowWalk – released Sept. 29 via (weewerk) – is Bergmann’s ode to Sherri Decembrini, his beloved wife of 30 years who passed away unexpectedly in March 2022. The album’s 12 songs capture the darkness, grief and desolation that comes from such a soul crushing loss, while also offering genuine hope that life will go on.

For Art, music remains the strongest healing force, and today he offers a preview of ShadowWalk with two songs, “Raw Naked Monday” and “A Hymn For Us,” that clearly demonstrate he hasn’t lost any of his ability to match memorable melodies with deeply personal lyrics.

Recorded at Turtle Sound South Surrey and IDIO Studio in Surrey, BC, ShadowWalk is an album for everyone who has loved, lost, and continues to live. Many of the songs were co-written with B.C. poet Patricia Kay, while Art’s longtime friend and fellow songwriter Donna Kerbel penned one track. Produced by Russell Broom and Wes Smith, Broom also contributed much of the music and soundscapes for the album as well.

Additional contributors to ShadowWalk include Paul Rigby (pedal steel), Aidan Farrell (vocals), Owen Owen Owen (bass), Adam Drake (drums), Sunny Matharu (tabla) and Katie Mosehauer & the Glass Heart String Orchestra (strings). The album has been mastered by Greg Reely and will be released on vinyl, as well as on all digital platforms. The album recording was supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia. Special Thanks to all our generous GoFundMe donors for helping make this album possible. Utmost gratitude to Stephen Rioux, Jay Smales and (weewerk) for financing the vinyl pressing. All photography by P. Kay except back cover photo by Sherri. All layouts and graphics by Art and Marc Floyd. Eternal gratitude to TeamArt members Colin Smith, Jason Schneider, Gord Withers and Gordon Celesta. Executive Producer Phil Klygo (weewerk).

Now back in Vancouver, where in the late 1970s he was a driving force behind the city’s punk rock scene, Bergmann will launch ShadowWalk with a show at The Rickshaw Theatre, on Friday Sept. 29. The night will also include a group discussion about his 2022 authorized biography, The Longest Suicide, with its author Jason Schneider along with moderator Aaron Chapman. Advance tickets: https://an-evening-with-art-bergmann.eventbrite.ca

Art will also have a Toronto release show at The Horseshoe Tavern on Thursday November 2nd.

“A Hymn For Us” is from Art’s forthcoming full length album ShadowWalk on (weewerk) out September 29th

“I woke from a dream, or a dream awoke me with these words “Please, a hymn for all of us” We fleshed it out into this universal plea. We will all face loss in our lives. This is for everyone who has loved, all who have lost and we, who live.” – Art

Written by Art Bergmann/P.Kay Vocals - Art Bergmann, Aidan Farrell Guitars - Art Bergmann, Russell Broom, Paul Rigby Bass - Owen Owen Owen Drums - Adam Drake

LYRICS

Please, a hymn for all of us

We who live and who we lost

Who searched for love at life’s cost

Please, a hymn for all of us

May they live in Elysian fields

In blinding beauty that does not yield

Memory’s treasure we always feel

Roll away the stone that seals

In darkest night may you dream

Of wildling light that you seek

That glory sparks in every child

If built into a fire

Yea glory sparks in every child

Help them build a lasting fire

Of Love before they learn to lie

Give them Love that never dies

In Our Love’s a legacy

A legacy of Love (x2)

Place seeds of life in every gun

No, don’t flinch it must be done

Shoot them hard into the ground

Make growing joy the only sound

All creatures hear the sacred psalm

As broken hearts sing all night long

The timeless plea: “Let kindness be

The future for you and me”

In our Love a legacy

A legacy of Love

Legacy of Love

Raw Naked Monday is from Art’s forthcoming full length album Shadowwalk on (weewerk) out September 29th.

“A bit of humour and some respite found.” – Art

Written by Art Bergmann/P.Kay Vocals - Art Bergmann, Aidan Farrell Guitars - Art Bergmann, Russell Broom, Paul Rigby Bass - Owen Owen Owen Drums - Adam Drake

LYRICS

Its a raw naked Monday

Laid out, ripe in her room

She’s declining all raiment

I’m unsealing my doom

On a raw naked Monday

Alllove on Monday

At your door

May I come in?

I’m raw nervy memory

Locked and fused in lover’s lightning

I’m burning it off

Just like yesterday’s skin

Raw naked Monday

Lies ripe in her room

Alllove on Monday

Laid out in a swoon

No longer a vision

No longer strange

We sleepin’ fitful

We play Kama Sutra Supreme

Awaken from each way

Into happy smiling new dream

Its a secular service

We’ve got sanctified sin

So so sacred Monday

Jealous friends never get in

No longer a vision

No longer strange

Professin’ confessin’

You know she sears like the sun

We make love incandescent

We live and love in Illumination